Review: Moneyball

Billy Beane changes baseball

THE SETUP: The manager for the Oakland Athletics (Brad Pitt) is stuck with little money and an interest in non-competitiveness from the team’s owner. Looking to try something different, he hires an economics graduate (Jonah Hill) to implement a very unpopular computerized method of drafting players called “moneyball”. THE THOUGHTS: I’m not a fan of [...]

Review: Contagion

fear and a virus threaten the population

THE SETUP: A woman (Gwenyth Paltrow) returning from a business trip in Japan unknowingly starts a contagious disease chain-reaction that threatens the global population. This is the story of how the world, and individuals, react. I always knew Paltrow would cause the end of the world. THE THOUGHTS: OK, this is freaky. And I don’t [...]

Review: Drive

Stunt Driver moonlighting as a getaway driver falls in love

THE SETUP: A stuntman (Ryan Gosling) with no name and no past, who moonlights as a getaway driver for robbers, finds blossoming love with a single mom (Carey Mulligan). Unfortunately, the mom comes with the baggage of an ex-con husband who owes some bad, bad people lots of money. Threats are made to the family [...]